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05.19.10

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, May 19, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing.  As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here .

Tonight’s Premieres:
FOX: The Good Guys at 8p
Current TV: Vanguard at 10p
Comedy Central: Atom TV at 230a

Tonight’s Finales:
ABC: The Middle at 830p; Modern Family at 9p; Cougar Town at 930p
NBC: Law & Order: SVU at 10p

Upfront Presentation schedule for this week:
Wednesday:  Turner Entertainment Networks, CBS, MTV Tr3s
Thursday:  The CW, Univision

By week’s end after completion of this year’s Upfront Presentations, all of the broadcast and cable Cynopsis 2010 Upfront segments contained within our regular daily editions will be recapped in their entirety in the Upfront Overview section of the Cynopsis.com website.

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On the eve of its upfront presentation today at Carnegie Hall, CBS announced yesterday it is canceling seven series including the long-running dramas Cold Case, Ghost Whisperer and Numbers and the midseason frosh drama Miami Medical. Three comedies also were scrubbed from the schedule including Accidentally on Purpose, New Adventures of Old Christine and Gary Unmarried. CBS did renew Medium for another season as well as Rules of Engagement.

CBS also hammered out negotiations with Charlie Sheen on Monday night to remain on the sitcom Two and a Half Men for two more years. Sheen will make nearly $2 million per episode, settling on $1.8 to $1.9 million per segment, a pay scale similar to what Ray Romano made during his last season of Everybody Loves Raymond.

The CW serves up its upfront presentation tomorrow and as of yesterday announced it is not renewing Melrose Place. The CW did hand renewals to Life Unexpected for a sophomore season and gave an eighth run to One Tree Hill in addition to approving two new series Nikita and Hellcats. Nikita, produced by Warner Bros. TV and McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision, is a new version focused on the female spy and assassin helmed by Maggie Q. Hellcats, starring Aly Michalka is about a college student who is forced to join her college’s competitive cheerleading squad after she loses her scholarship. Ashley Tisdale and Gail O’Grady also co-star in Hellcats.

Nielsen struck a multi-year deal with Gannett covering the use of Nielsen’s local television ratings services, including overnights and custom applications and software in the local markets where Gannett has stations. Gannett operates 23 television stations in 19 markets, reaching 21 million households. The deal also allows Nielsen to track the usage levels of Gannett’s television station’s websites.

Joshua L. Jamison, President of Charter Communications East Coast Operating Group, died Monday at the age of 54. He had more than 22 years of experience in the telecommunications industry having been with Charter Communications since 1999 in addition to 18 years with Time Warner Cable serving in various capacities. Josh is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son-in-law, mother and two sisters. A funeral service will be held this Thursday, 11a at Friendship Baptist Church, 441 Torrington Road in Litchfield. Memorial contributions may be sent to The American Lung Association, 45 Ash Street, East Hartford, CT 06108.

Broadcast Evening News Weekly Average Ratings (week of May 10, 2010)
NBC: 7.91 million total viewers; 1.9/8 and 2.38 million A25-54
ABC: 7.32 million total viewers; 1.7/7 and 2.08 million A25-54
CBS: 5.57 million total viewers; 1.4/6 and 1.70 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

2010 UPFRONT: ABC

Stephen McPherson, President/ABC Entertainment Group revealed ABC’s schedule for the 2010-2011 season yesterday afternoon at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in NYC. In addition to a roasting courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel during the presentation, ABC welcomed ten new series to its schedule for fall and midseason.

New ABC dramas:

• Body of Proof – Dana Delany headlines as Dr. Megan Hunt, a brilliant neurosurgeon who, after a car accident, becomes a medical examiner determined to solve mysterious deaths of victims. Produced by ABC Studios.
• Detroit 1-8-7 – Series shot documentary-style offering viewers an inside look into a Homicide Unit in Detroit. Series stars Michael Imperioli as Detective Louis Fitch as well as Jon Michael Hill, James McDaniel, Aisha Hinds, Natalie Martinez, D.J. Cotrona and Shaun Majumder. From ABC Studios.
• My Generation – Another series shot documentary-style about a group of high schoolers from Austin, TX as they prepare for graduation. Later, the series joins up with these same graduates ten years later as they return home and revisit their hopes and dreams. From ABC Studios.
• No Ordinary Family – The Powells, an ordinary family, take a vacation and their plane crashes into the Amazon River. Afterwards, they discover they all possess unique and distinct superpowers. Michael Chiklis stars as dad, Jim Powell and Julie Benz stars as mom, Stephanie Powell. Other cast members include Tate Donovan, Romany Malco, Autumn Reeser, Christina Chang, Kay Panabaker and Jimmy Bennett. From ABC Studios.
• Off the Map – From executive producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers and creator Jenna Bans, this medical series is about five young doctors who leave behind their own personal demons to work in a tiny town in the South American jungle. Produced by ABC Studios.
• The Whole Truth – Legal drama from the perspective of the defense and prosecution and centered on two evenly matched lawyers, Jimmy Brogan (Rob Morrow) who is one of New York’s rising criminal attorneys and Kathryn Peale, the Deputy Bureau Chief in the New York State District Attorney’s office. Series is produced by Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. Television.

New ABC comedies:

• Better Together – Relationship comedy that explores three very different relationships at different stages. From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Silver and Gold Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
• Happy Endings – Modern-day comedy about what happens to friendships after a couple breaks up at the altar. Elisha Cuthbert heads the ensemble cast produced by Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios.
• Mr. Sunshine – Matthew Perry helms this comedy playing Ben Donovan, a self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who starts to re-evaluate his life on his 40^th birthday. Allison Janney also stars as Crystal, the arena’s owner. The series is a Matthew Perry Production, Show Money Production, Barnow and Firek Production and FanFare Production, in association with Sony Pictures Television.

ABC has new one alternative series:

• Secret Millionaire – One-hour series follows some of America’s richest people for one week as they leave behind their posh lifestyles and mansions and live and volunteer incognito in some of the nation’s most impoverished and unsafe communities. The millionaires meet people who are battling a myriad of obstacles and at the end of their experience, they reveal their true identities and each gives away at least $100,000 of their own money. Produced by RDF USA Production.

Returning ABC series include: America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, Brothers & Sisters, Castle, Cougar Town, Dancing with the Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Grey’s Anatomy, The Middle, Modern Family, Private Practice, Supernanny, V, 20/20 as well as Saturday Night College Football.

ABC Fall 2010 Primetime Schedule
Monday: Dancing with the Stars, Castle
Tuesday: No Ordinary Family, Dancing with the Stars the Results Show, Detroit 1-8-7
Wednesday: The Middle, Better Together, Modern Family, Cougar Town, The Whole Truth
Thursday: My Generation, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice
Friday: Secret Millionaire, Body of Proof, 20/20
Saturday: Saturday Night College Football
Sunday: America’s Funniest Home Videos, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters

*Note: Premiere dates will be announced at a later date. Shows picked up but not included on the fall schedule will premiere later in the 2010-2011 season.

Full broadcast schedules of all the networks is available for download at www.cynopsis.com – with info added each day as the broadcasters officially announce their schedules.

2010 UPFRONT: MTV Tr3s

At its upfront today, the newly named Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas will announce its goal to ramp up programming to appeal to a wider US Latino audience. Along with this strategy, Tr3s is now part of MTV Networks International’s US Hispanic and Latin American operations based in Miami. New programming for Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas launches July 12 with an aim to continue offering music and MTV content as well as expanding the brand to include programming aimed at the P12-34 audience in primetime, with an emphasis on co-viewing among teens and their parents.

Programming on Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas: The network additionally will increase its original productions and acquisitions as well as serve up content from MTVNI’s programming library that will fit into three lifestyle categories important to Latinos: Music, considered the heart and soul of Latino life; Making It, offering success stories of Latinos achieving the “Latino American dream”; and Milestones featuring stories that signify coming of age or their rights of passage.

New programs on Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas include: The George Lopez Show, Lucha Libre: USA Masked Warriors, Mis Videos Locos with Paul Rodriguez and the Nickelodeon shows Drake & Josh and The Brothers Garcia. The network will continue to program telenovelas such as Juegos Prohibidos and Ninas Mal. New seasons of Mind of Mencia, Quiero Mis Quinces and Quiero Mi Boda will also be part of the schedule.

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Spike TV is delving into the high-stakes underground auction market involving storage containers with a new series titled Auction Heroes. The series follows two friends who buy abandoned storage containers at auction and then resell the contents for profit at pawn shops. Spike TV ordered eight 30m episodes of Auction Heroes from Gurney Productions, which will also have an exclusive access to one of the nation’s largest storage facility chains. The exact cast and premiere date will be announced later.

Actor James Franco rejoins ABC’s General Hospital beginning June 30 as the daytime soap’s summer storyline kicks off. Franco will also appear this summer in the movie Eat Pray Love with Julia Roberts and just completed production on the film 127 Hours with former General Hospital actress Amber Tamblyn.

Following the demise of ABC’s Ugly Betty and a stint on Broadway, Vanessa Williams is joining another ABC drama, becoming an evil new housewife on Desperate Housewives. Williams will join the cast of Desperate Housewives’ seventh season this fall, moving to Wisteria Lane bent on inflicting havoc on everyone’s lives.

CNN agreed to honor anchor Campbell Brown’s request to be released out of her contract early, reports Mediaite.com. Brown, who anchors the 8p hour, has agreed to stay until her replacement is found. Previously, Brown had asked CNN to move to an earlier weeknight time slot but the network declined that request.

Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 5/10-5/16/10
Primetime    (000)        Total Pgm Day      (000)
TNT                1327         TNT                         703
ESPN              1114         ADSM*                    663
USA                1087         NAN*                      606
TBSC                846         USA                        570
HIST                 600        NICK                       566
DISC                599         ESPN                       501
AEN                  584        TBSC                        461
FX                    564        AEN                          385
CMDY               521        HIST                         342
FOOD               512        DISC                         339
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 114,900,000 homes
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p)

Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 5/10-5/16/10      
Primetime    (000)      Total Pgm Day            (000)
USA                3202       NICK                            2121
TNT                2511       NAN*                           1569
ESPN              2145       USA                              1413
FOXN              1805       TNT                              1374
NAN                1799       ADSM*                         1157
TBSC              1445       TOON                            1029
HIST              1411        FOXN                            1014
AEN               1267        ESPN                              820
TOON            1255         AEN                               766
DISC             1170        TBSC                              754
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 114,900,000 homes
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p)

Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 5/10-5/16/10
ESPN     Cavaliers/Celtics                                                4863
TNT       Celtics/Cavaliers                                                3788
TNT       Lakers/Jazz                                                       3105
ESPN     SportsCenter Late                                              2297
USA      WWE Entertainment 10p                                     2275
DISC     Deadliest Catch                                                  2242
USA      WWE Entertainment 9p                                       2174
TNT      Magic/Hawks                                                      1824
TNT      Inside the NBA Playoffs                                       1821
ADSM   Family Guy 5/11 1130p                                       1778
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 114,900,000 homes

Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 5/10-5/16/10
FOX    American Idol  Tuesday                             6.8/18      8925    
FOX    American Idol  Wednesday                         6.6/17      8676   
CBS    The Big Bang Theory                                 5.3/13      6923
FOX    Glee                                                       4.8/12      6363    
CBS    Two and a Half Men                                   4.6/12      6083
ABC    Modern Family                                          4.3/12      5650
CBS    Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains  Finale              4.2/11       5552     
ABC    Dancing with the Stars                               4.1/11       5345     
CBS    Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains 5/13                  4.1/13      5331
ABC    Lost                                                         4.1/10       5361 
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data

Saturday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX and its Saturday night staple of “bad boys” won the A18-49 demo with 1.3/5, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX led at 8p with back-to-back Cops episodes averaging a 1.3/5 while ABC’s movie and CBS’ movie tied for second place at 0.7/3 each. FOX remained steady at #1 through 9p with AMW: America Fights Back at 1.3/5 and CBS’ movie kicked it up a notch to 1.1/4 at #2. NBC’s encore of Law & Order: SVU won the 10p hour at 1.2/4 though was only a tenth of a rating point ahead of CBS’ 48 Hours Mystery at 1.1/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, May 15, 2010 (May Sweep Day 17) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD

FOX: 2.8/6            Cops 2.5/5, Cops 2 3.1/6, AMW: America Fights Back 2.8/5

NBC: 2.5/5             Parenthood [r] 1.4/3, Law and Order [r] 2.6/5, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.4/7

ABC: 2.4/5             ABC Saturday Movie of the Week: Just Like Heaven [r] 2.4/5, Castle [r] 2.4/5

CBS: 2.3/4              CBS Saturday Movie: The Bourne Ultimatum 2.2/4, 48 Hours Mystery 2.7/5

UNIV: 1.2/2           Sabado Gigante 1.2/2

TELE: 0.6/1           Futbol Estelar: Toluca vs. Pachuca 0.6/1

ION: 0.4/1            Ghost Whisperer 9P 0.3/1, Ghost Whisperer 10P 0.4/1

A18-49: FOX 1.3/5, CBS 0.9/4, ABC 0.8/3, NBC 0.8/3, TELE 0.6/2, UNIV 0.6/2, ION 0.1/0

Sunday  A18-49 Analysis: CBS ranked #1 Sunday night with a 3.4/10 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. ABC opened the night a winner with the season finale of America’s Funniest Home Videos at 2.0/7 with CBS’ 60 Minutes next at 1.7/6. CBS’ season climax of Survivor topped at 8p with 4.0/12, while the end of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition season cleaned up in second at 2.9/8. The second half of CBS’ Survivor finale remained at #1 through 9p with a 4.3/11 followed by ABC’s season conclusion of Desperate Housewives at 4.0/10. Then at 10p, the Survivor Reunion special on CBS did best at 3.6/10 with ABC’s Brothers & Sisters season finale trailing at #2 with 2.9/8.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, May 16, 2010 (May Sweep Day 18) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 6.9/12       60 Minutes 7.1/14, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains [f] 7.2/12, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Reunion 5.9/10

ABC: 6.2/11          America’s Funniest Home Videos [f] 4.3/8, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [f] 6.0/10, Desperate Housewives [f] 7.9/13, Brothers & Sisters [f] 6.6/11

NBC: 3.7/6          Miss USA 2010 3.4/6, The Celebrity Apprentice 4.0/7

FOX: 3.0/5           ‘Til Death 1.4/3, The Simpsons [r] 1.9/3, The Simpsons 3.5/6, The Cleveland Show 3.3/5, Family Guy 4.4/7, American Dad [f] 3.4/5

UNIV: 1.4/2         Hora Pico 0.9/2, Nuestra Belleza 1.7/3, Nuestra Bellz Lat Des 1.4/3

ION: 0.6/1          Sunday Night Movie: Lethal Weapon 4 [r] 0.6/1

TELE: 0.4/1        Cine en Casa: Balto 0.3/1, Cine Exclusivo: National Treasure 0.4/1

A18-49: CBS 3.4/10, ABC 2.9/9, FOX 2.5/7, NBC 1.9/5, UNIV 1.0/3, TELE 0.4/1, ION 0.2/1

Monday  A18-49 Analysis: CBS and FOX shared the limelight Monday with each delivering a 3.6/10 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX’s season finale of House at 8p topped with a 4.3/12 and ABC’s Dancing with the Stars waltzed into second place with a 3.8/10. At 9p, CBS’ comedies Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory averaged a 4.9/13 to secure #1 while the combo of Dancing with the Stars and Romantically Challenged on ABC averaged a 3.2/8 at #2. CBS closed the night a winner through 10p with CSI: Miami at 2.9/8 followed by the  last chapter of the season for ABC’s Castle at 2.4/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, May 17, 2010 (May Sweep Day 19) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

ABC: 9.2/15      Dancing with the Stars 12.1/19, Romantically Challenged 5.2/8, Castle [f] 6.5/11

CBS: 6.7/11          How I Met Your Mother 4.7/8, Rules of Engagement 4.7/7, Two and a Half Men 8.1/13, The Big Bang Theory 8.9/14, CSI: Miami 6.7/12

FOX: 5.9/9            House [f] 6.5/11, 24 5.3/8

NBC: 3.8/6           Chuck 3.1/5, Law & Order 4.1/7

UNIV: 2.3/4          Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.4/4, Cristina 1.9/3

CW: 1.3/2            One Tree Hill [f] 1.3/2, Gossip Girl [f] 1.3/2

ION: 0.8/1           Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2

TELE: 0.7/1          Clon M 0.6/1, Perro Amor 0.6/1, Donde Esta Elisa 0.9/2

A18-49: CBS 3.6/10, FOX 3.6/10, ABC 3.2/9, UNIV 1.9/5, NBC 1.8/5, CW 1.0/3, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.4/1

Island Def Jam Music Group named Jon Vanhala in the newly-created position as SVP/Digital and New Business Development. Jon will supervise the company’s digital strategy, e-commerce, digital marketing and new business efforts. Based in New York, Jon reports to Steve Bartels, President/COO.

Caroline Lang advances to SVP/Managing Director, France with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). Previously, Caroline was VP/Managing Director and in her new capacity she will continue to head the company’s television distribution operations in France where she manages the licensing of television series, theatrical feature films, movies for television and animation to free and pay TV operators via terrestrial, cable, satellite and IPTV platforms. Caroline will furthermore be involved with the company’s Branded Services group working to maintain and launch new SVOD services in France. Based in Paris, Caroline continues to report to Jose Abad, SVP/Managing Director, Southern Europe, WBITD.

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This day in History:   1928 – The first frog-jumping jubilee held in Calaveras County, CA.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  This imaginary being was named Mr. Huggy.  Under what more descriptive name do most know him?  Ally McBeal’s Dancing Baby  Kudos to: Jeannette Hektoen-JH Media & Marketing/NY; Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing/NY; Susan Nessanbaum Goldberg-RoCart Prods/Hollywood; Lorrie Shilling-DirecTV/El Segundo; Mark Ahn-NewsCorp/LA
 
Today’s Trivia Question:   What product suggested you should “Celebrate the moments of your life”?   (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.)

Later — Cyn
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SITUATION WANTED: CHILDREN’S Entertainment/Art Director/Designer (NY/Boston) 15 years experience, Theatre, TV and Film seeks new projects Illustrator/Art direction/development assignments. [email protected]  (5/22)

SITUATION WANTED: Dedicated & Experienced ADV. SALES PLANNER (NY) Sales proposals, resolving client discrepancies, quarterly post analysis, special sales service projects, expert computer skills. Contact- [email protected] (5/22)

SITUATION WANTED: EIC/PRODUCTION EXEC/LINE PRODUCER. 10+ yrs experience in nonfiction/reality with feature background. Discovery, History, TLC, A&E, HGTV, etc. Coming available. Looking on network or prod side. [email protected] (5/22)

SITUATION WANTED: ACCOUNTING/FINANCE – 20+ yrs. experience in TV Broadcasting & Cable.  Seeking FT/PT or Temp-to-Perm position:   [email protected] (5/22)

SITUATION WANTED:  WRITER’S ASSISTANT (LA): USC-trained screenwriter looking to work for an experienced Hollywood writer. Willing to take on any task my boss can give. [email protected] (5/21)

SITUATION WANTED:Hard working, self-starter PRODUCTION MANAGER(NY)with Field Producing and Post Supervisor experience seeks challenging new position. Past companies include HBO, MTV, A&E, Thirteen & Nat Geo. [email protected]  (5/21)

SITUATION WANTED: CHILDREN’S Entertainment/Art Director/Designer (NY/Boston) 15 years experience, Theatre, TV and Film seeks new projects Illustrator/Art direction/development assignments. [email protected] (5/21)

SITUATION WANTED:  CREATIVE WRITER: Recent grad, Hampshire College ’09. 4+ Years Exp. Extremely hard-working, optimistic, dedicated & fun. Contact [email protected]  (5/20)

E-mail [email protected]  or call Trish Pihonak at 203.926.9878 for rates and specs for Job Openings.

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2010

ABC:   The Middle [r], The Middle, Modern Family, Cougar Town, Happy Town
AZTECA: Laura de Todos, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS:  I Get That a Lot, Criminal Minds, CSI:NY
CW:   America’s Next Top Model, One Tree Hill
FOX:  Good Guys [p], American Idol
ION:  Ghost Whisperer, Ghost Whisperer, Ghost Whisperer
NBC:  Minute to Win It, Law & Order: SVU [r], Law & Order: SVU
PBS:  Secrets of the Dead, Ground War, Ground War
TELE: El Clon, Perro Amor, Donde Esta Elisa?
UNIV: Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe, Don Francisco Presenta

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